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Thinking back on this semester, I realized I was greatly affected by all of the problems we focused on. From agriculture practices around the world to deforestation happening in every country, I found that I was both enthralled and perplexed by all of it. Perhaps the issue that I was… Read more“Final Reflection Blog”

Today I had the immense pleasure of attending the farmer’s market, now more commonly referred to as the “city market,” because the offerings they have there extend way beyond the farm now. I’ve grown up in Charlottesville my entire life and I can only remember the farmer’s market being an… Read more“Activity Blog – Charlottesville’s City Market”

A topic that interested me the most in class this past week was that of coral reef destruction. Coral reefs have always been something that I’ve never given much thought to before due to me always living in Virginia and never traveling to places where coral reefs were present. I… Read more“EESC 230 Post #5”

Something that recently interested me in class was the discussion on Walmart becoming a store that has started to incorporate organic items into their stock. This piqued my interests because a few days earlier in my Public Policy class, we talked about policy making and all the players in the… Read more“EESC 230 Post #4 – A Conservative and Organic Walmart?”

A topic that I found interesting this past week in class was one that I came across when we split into different groups to work on different scenarios taking place in Florida. My group was responsible for figuring out how to build a hotel in Florida based on where Highway… Read more“EESC 230 Post #3 – beach erosion”

This week while doing the readings, and while in class, I was most intrigued by the striking differences between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It was hard for me to wrap my head around how these two areas could be completely different even though they are on the same island…. Read more“EESC 230 Post #2 – Deforestation and Poverty in Haiti”

The discussion topic this week that interested me the most was how technology and dependence on other areas can sometimes do more harm than good. This was explained really well in Chapter 3 of Collapse when Diamond discussed the Polynesian Islands of Mangareva, Pitcairn, and Henderson. Diamond described how each island had… Read more“EESC 230 Post #1 – trading then globalization now”

I’m taking this course because learning about the environment and the problems that are affecting it is very important me. I go to the Outer Banks every year and have been since I was a baby so seeing the effects that climate change and other problems have had on the… Read more“EESC 230 Intro Post”